A couple of weeks ago, a collaboration was born between Peppina, Metaphorest and myself! We decided to create a traditional Christmas ballad just in time for the 2012 holidays. Peppina came up with the concept and melody, and Metaphorest penned the beautiful lyrics, before we all put our voices together to produce the final mix!

We had so much fun making this and I want to thank the amazing Peppina and Metaphorest for the opportunity to work with them!

Merry Christmas everyone!

PS: We would love to hear remixes of this! More instruments, more voices...I'll get the stems up ASAP!

Concept, Melody and Instruments by Peppina

Lyrics and Harmony Concept by Metaphorest

Produced and Mixed by Pamagotchi

LYRICS:

It’s Christmas Eve

And a lonely old house

Sits silently up on the hill

Wishing for someone

To fill it again

With life, love and Christmas goodwill

They say that it’s haunted

Since this day each year

The empty old house comes alive

With smoke in the chimney

And twinkling lights

The place tries to tempt you inside

See one winter in wartime

On Christmas Eve night

Many long years ago

The old house was buzzing

With festive cheer

And the family sang ‘Let it Snow’

When they'd sung all their carols

They sat down to eat

Then sounded a siren so shrill

On that sad Christmas Eve

Those poor souls had to leave

Their happy old house on the hill

CHORUS

When carols ring out in December

Wrapped in a blanket of snow

One lonely house remembers

Christmasses long ago.

Now it’s Christmas Eve

And the lonely old house

Longs for a friend to stop by

But there’s no one in sight

On this wintery night

Who would dare set foot inside

But one lonely soul

A man new to the town

Has been looking for lodgings in vain

He asks and he begs

But all anyone says

Is ‘we’re full, sir, now please go away’

Then a flicker of hope

From the hilltop glows

What a wonderful, welcoming sight

So he hikes up the hill

To the lonely old house

Where he hopes he can stay for the night

There he dines like a king

And he dances and sings

To the tunes the old piano plays

And together the man

and the old house rejoice

As the bells ring out for Christmas Day

CHORUS x 2